MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4989

Alpheus barbara Lockington, 1878

Syntype of Alpheus barbara

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1877-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: California | off Santa Barbara

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4989 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4989 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Alpheus barbara Lockington, 1878
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Caridea Alpheoidea Alpheidae
Determiner: W. N. Lockington in 1878
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Alpheus clamator Lockington, 1877
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Caridea Alpheoidea Alpheidae
Common Name(s): twistclaw pistol shrimp
Nature of ID: expert ID

Media type: text; Lockington 1878 Description: Remarks on some new <i>Alphei</i>, with a Synopsis of the North-American Species;

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Shows Publication: Lockington 1878 Description: Remarks on some new Alphei, with a Synopsis of the North-American Species

Media type: text; Bertkau 1878 Description: Bericht uber die sissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Arthropedn sahrend der Jahr 1877-78;

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Shows Publication: Bertkau 1878 Description: Bericht uber die sissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Arthropedn sahrend der Jahr 1877-78

  • donor number: 321

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: leg; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-09-25
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-25   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 3 History (5)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-09-25

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  • [Four enclosed labels: 1) the original label that reads Alpheus clamator identified by the collector, 2) the label from the donor that refers to the type of A. barbara, 3)a label in French from H. Coutiere 9/(18)97 and identifies the specimens as A. bellimanus and 4)note by J.C.H. '39 says "The specimen in the vial is the C. barbara (Lock) while that in the bottle is C. cylindricus (King). - all interpreted by PBenson Dec 2018]

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Santa Barbara
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, California, Santa Barbara
  • Georeference:
  • 34.3747370°, -119.71650° (Error radius: 8437m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1877-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • William G. W. Harford

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4976;  CRU-4977;  CRU-4978;  CRU-4979;  CRU-4980;  CRU-4981;  CRU-4982;  CRU-4983;  CRU-4984;  CRU-4985;  CRU-4986;  CRU-4987;  CRU-4988;  CRU-4989;  CRU-4990;  CRU-4991;  CRU-4992;  CRU-4993;  CRU-4994;  CRU-4995;  CRU-4996;  CRU-4997;  CRU-4998;  CRU-4999;  CRU-5000 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Crustacea 000001-005975, pg.202;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:CRU-4976 Potamon martensi to MCZ:IZ:CRU-...

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